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Show FARMLAND . GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO lam rrtDmtv Hint Aboal CilHw ties of tbo SoU Md Tloldi Thoroof Bortlaaltoro liumltan oad Vlorlool- - t. VhMt (Into Lww appropriate at this time to notice this Insect whose ravages in Tfao It ! wheat in several counties of Oklahoma have greatly reduced the value of this years crop, says a bulletin of the Oklahoma Station. By extensive correspondence and by conversations with many wheat growers, uniform testimony Is secured that throughout certain regions the wheat or grain-lous- e has greatly damaged this years crop. In fact the Injury In some regions has been so great that farmers have preferred to replant the wheat ground to some other crop. A recommendation to this effect was Inserted in some of the newspapers of the territory some time ago. The 'station received the first specimens of this louse early In April, and the entomologist has since that time given most of his time to a thorough investigation of the distribution and lfe history of the Insect. It became at once apparent that the main damage grain-lous- e was not due to the (Siphonophora avenae), whose structure and life history have been so well aired In the newspapers of late. Our form differs from the one mentioned In several details and will soon be described as a .new variety closely In related to the true grain-loussome cases it was noted that the general trend of the migrations of the insect was from south to north. The louse, like Its better known relative, is capable of very rapid multiplication and this Is favored by dry weather. Kales are unknown and the reproduction is by the process called parthenogenesis, or the giving birth to the living young. The viviparous females are wingless but enough winged females are produced to enable the species to migrate from one field to another In search of food. These winged females were present in large numbers from about the middle ol April to the first of May. There is no evidence that this louse It Is probable has a true adult stage over in the winters that it and feeds upon the leaves of the wheat the during favorable weather during entire winter. The past winter was in some respects very favorable to the development of the louse in large numbers and it is not therefore a matter for surprise that such hordes of lice should have appeared so early In the spring. There is no practical spraying method that can be recommended against this Insect pest. Some have suggested spraying with the usual kerosene emulsion and this would probably reduce their number If applied before they spread over so large an area as to make the plan quite Impossible and too costly. Our greatest hope lies, however, in the rapid multiplication and energy of the natural Insect enemies of this louse. The most abundant and useful of these enemies in Oklahoma is surely one of beetles (Hlppodamia the lady-bir- d convergens). This is a nearly hemispherical beetle about of an Inch In length and of a reddlHh-yellocolor with several blank spots on the back. The head and thorax are black with reddish-yellomargins aud the thorax has two elongated reddlsh-ydlospots. The larvae of these beetles are jven more rapacious and active than the mature beetles. The larva Is a long, blackish, somewhat flattened, and very active larva with six legs of more than usual length. The larva when it reaches maturity curls up on some leaf or stem and changes to the pupa from which the mature beetle emerges In a few days. The beetles live over winter in the mature stage In crevices of trees and boards. These lady-birbeetles have appeared in such large numbers in some parts of Oklahoma that farmers have written to the Experiment Station for some remedy to destroy them. Every wheat grower should look on these beetles as his best friend and in no case allow them to be destroyed. Specimens of the wheat louse and especially specimens of all the beetles found In the wheat fields are very much desired by the Experiment Station at Stillwater and may be sent tarough the mall if Inclosed in tin or wooden boxes. well-kno- wn e. egg-stag- e. three-sixteent- rotting when about one-thiof the heads were turned brown. The mowing should be done after the dew is off, and the clover soon turned with a good todder, whieh assists the curing very much. With favorable weather, it is ready for raking into windrows shortly after noon. The old rule, that clover is not ready to be put in .the barn until it would rattle like a ladys silk dress, has given way to the practice of getting it under shelter before the evening dew falls upon it; if fairly well wilted, the rest of the curing is done in the mow, to the benefit of the new hay. Where the roof of the barn has good ventilators, no special risk Is taken on account of heating and causing fire. When put into 'the mow in this conditlon.lt cures nicely and comes out in a bright and sweet condition the following winter. The second crop for seed or for feed; if for feed, the cutting should be done before the seed is ripe. The second crop Is usually of a finer growth and makes a most excellent feed for young stock. If this crop Is cut for seed the cutting should be done before too ripe. While the seed does not shatter badly If very ripe, when dried the stems of the clover break easily and the head is lost The same trouble is encou&ered if the crop is cut with a mowing maraked and chine and subsequently A preferable bunched for handling. way Is to cut with a machine having a side delivery, which lays the clover off In bunches, where it cures without handling, and when ready is hauled If away to be stacked or thrashed. cut before too ripe, and property cared for, the straw, after thrashing, makes a good feed for cattle. While the seed may not yield as much as when cut later, the straw compensates for the difference. The cost of thrashing (one dollar per blithe for the machine) is too much, with the price of seed at from three to four dollars per bushel, but probably cannot be helped until the quantity raised Is largely increased, but the desirability of having good, fresh seed adds to the Inducement of raising your own. Clover hay should be kept under shelter, and as a feed, when properly made and cared for, for most kinds of stock, I place it second to none rd . other. It is claimed very generally by clover growers that a field upon which a good crop of clover is grown for two successive years will, when replowed and planted to corn, yield from fifteen bushels more corn per to twenty-fiv- e acre than it did before sown to clover, or than similar land by its side will which has not been thus treated. The percentage of increase is quite as large in raising wheat, oats, potatoes aud other crops. To explain just how this Is done is not the purpose of this paper, but to speak of the fact, whieh has been fully established both in this state and elsewhere. The plant draws nitrogen from the air, and stores It In the soil for the use of succeeding crops. The roots of the clover penetrate to a great depth in the unplowed subsoil, drawing nutriment therefrom, assisting In holding moisture, which, when the roots die and decay. Increase the fertility of the soil as well as the storing capacity for moisture, and with its sister, alfalfa, has Justly earned the name of the silent subsoiler, whose success and efficiency are generally admitted and admired. AID THE LIE. From the King: There was ones fisherman. And of course be went for no one expects a fisherman to go out shooting rabbits. An( he caught two little fish, and they were so small that he threw them back again. And he went home without any, and did not stop at the fishmongers to buy large ones. And his wife said to him: Where are the There are large fish? and he said: none. And where And she said: Is the lie about the twelve-poun- d And he said: I have not trout? one. Then his wife said: I do not believe you have been fishing at all, but have been to the races and lost a lot of money and are afraid to tell me. I think it Is cruel, and I shall And she wept go home to mother.for a . long time, and was only persuaded by a diamond ring that he was telling the truth. Moral. A fishy lie is cheaper than the necessary truth. TUB YI HERMAN . . w w d" Raw to Dtmi Calves. Calves from three to six weeks old, and weighing about one hundred pounds, or, say, from eighty to one hundred and twenty pounds, are the most desirable weights for shipment. The head should be cut out, so as to leave the hide of the head on the skin. The legs should be cut off at the knee Joint. The entrails should all be removed, excepting the kidneys, the liver, lights and heart should be taen out. Cut the carcass open from the neck through the entire length from head to bumgut. If this is done they are not so apt to sour and spoil during hot weather. Many a fine carcass has spoiled In hot weather because of It not being cut open. Dont wash the carcass out with water, but wipe out with a dry cloth. Dont ship until the animal beat Is entirely out of the body, and never tie the carcass up In a bag, as this keeps the air from circulating and makes the meat more liable to become tainted. Mark for shipment by fastening a shipping tag to the hind leg. Calves under fifty pounds should not be shipped, and are liable to be condemned by the health officers as being unfit for food. Merchants, too, are liable to be fined If found selling these slunks, for violation of the law. Very heavy calves, such as have been fed on buttermilk, never sell well in our market they are neither veal nor beef. Howard, Bartels & Co. -- too imfbksbivk. Bertie youll never sucUncle Bob ceed with the girls. You aint impressive enough. Now, you should sort o hypnotize em, tra, la, la, like this. et a public habit of pp. warn so strong QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND EVENTS. his control, d cular Oh, the -- TsUsd tleaely and s off ansa, but sort of puno-h- e uttered, young man give him a You d better r expressions. the Rev. Dr. Th devil! said Parks. Leighton the young man In surpr se. And then, recovering his presence of mind, he turned to the clergyma i and made a very polite apology. 0 i, you neednt apologize to me, said tl e doctor. The devil Is no friend of mlnb. -- TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH. A writer in the Scientific American, discussing the development of the telephone system, says: One tendency iff the development of telephone service has been to lessen business done over telegraph lines. This tendency must certainly Increase with the future rapid extension of telephone systems, so long as the two kinds of service take place over distinct lines. Both telegraph and telephone systems require enormous plants, mostly in the form of transmission lines. Telegraph lines are comparatively Idle during the day, but well employed at night, wnile the reverse is true of telephone lines. A moderate addition .to the equipment of either system, at stations or exchanges, would enable it to compete in the long distance service now performed by the other. These conditions must operate as a spur to improve and cheapen the service of both telephone and telegraph companies, and may eventually lead to a union of Snoka 8rai ssd In with Hodssa Maka Colorado Fhjalolnglata Soma where, sometime, somehow. 2. Manure the highest and poorest spots, give a good application at one time from fifteen to twenty-two-horloads and manure another place next time. 3. Manure with reference to the time of rainfall, to the next crop which Is to be grown, and to the other work which must be done. Late fall and winter, when other work Is not pressing, Is a good time. Light lngs may be applied to wheat In the fall. 4. Growing crops for green manuring alone Is not the most profitable method. Pasture them and plow under the remainder when about mature. This applies chiefly to cowpeas. If sorgum Is to be plowed under, it should be while the stalks are green and Juicy so that they will decay quickly. sleeptime. When you set your fancies free. Will they pass to where by death, fools think. Imprisoned Low he lies who once so loved you, whom you loved so, Pity me? to love so, be so loved, yet so mistaken! What had I on earth to do With the slothful, with the mawkish, the unmanly? Like the aimless, helpless, hopeless, - did I drivel Oh, Being who? One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward. Never doubted clouds would break. Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph. Hold we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better. Sleep to wake. top-dre- ss And press your heart, so. This ways fetches em. al- Spoiled bv Overweight. an Influential Boston of has late been inviting publication, opinions concerning the proper weight of the American breeds of chickens, among which are the Plymouth Rocks and the Wyandottes. We Farm-Poultr- y, Passer-B- y Sir, what do you mean by making love to me? Ill show you the way I treat such old reprobates! JrST PROVOCATION. Sufferance (to barkeeper) Give me the biggest drink I ever had. Barkeeper Depressed ? Suffrance No. confused. Ive just been listening two long mortal hours to my wife's arguments as to why she ought to have been elected president of her womans club instead of Mrs. Thatcher. Barkeeper Of course, the clear to you? Sufferance Just as plain as' a Chinese laundry slip. No Friend of Hla. The Rev. Dr. Leighton Parks, Bid him forward, breast and back as either should be. Strive and thrive! cry Speed fight on, fare ever. There as here! Robert Browning. Inn to Look oh on the Jersey resort the Wildwood, these Interests. oast where the ceremony of casting flowars upon the sea on Memorial day. HE PAID. THE PENALTY. In memory of naval heroes, was InBoston husband This --4s going to augurated, has a good reason for Its far. You said you would countermand name. It Is located upon an Island, your order for that dress. which Is separated from the mainWife I did. I wrote to the firm the land by Grassy sound. For about two very next day. miles a grove of trees, psrhaps the Husband But here Is the dress and zaost remarkable in the world, fringes the bill for It. How is that? the sound. The plaee takes Its name to Wife I gave you the letter post, from the trees, which havs been and I suppose it Is reposing peacefully shriveled and with 10 other letters of mine In your of fantastic distorted Into all kinds shapes by the gales coat pocket. which swspt over it from the Atlantic for centuries. The coast Is completely ONLY THREE AT THE TABLE, exposed to the full sweep of the southJohn (to guest) Oh, I insist! Now, east and northeast storms, which in do have more oysters. Theres plenty the winter rage for several days at a In the ice box. time. Some of the trunks of the Guest No; really, I must refuse. trees have twisted into numerals, letTwo hours later. Phyllis John, ters of the alphabet and weird forms, what did you urge him to have oysters which give the grove the reputation for? There wasnt any more. Didnt of being haunted among some of the you feel me kick you? negro servants and. Ignorant Whlte John Eh? My dear, you did not people who live in the locality. One kick me! tree, which must be fully 50 years old, has been bent over until it forms the A KEEPER OF SECRETS. figure 8, looking at It from one side, while from another point of view It Did you tell Lady (to dressmaker) Mrs. De Peyster Burlingame what my Is a perfect oval. From the lower left hand corner projects a branch which costume for the ball was to be? Modiste Oh, no maflame! I startlingly resembles a snakes head with the tongue sticking out. Two of divulge profeat!dn1ecrieF the Is largest trees started to grow up What hers like?. Lady from the ground, then changed thalr Modiste Its in colonial styh ? minds and bent downward, shaping dame. their trunks Into the form of the letI W. Still another tree has grown ter EXPERIENCED. ( In the form of the letter N, two Aunt Alice You should think trunks starting from the same root before you speak, Bobbie, dear. below ground and a third growing Bobble Gee! I guess you nnr from one to the other In a diagonal Jack Breeds fist fly out! direction. Another consists of two trunks running straight up and parallel to each other. At no less than LITTLE LAUGHS. five different points branches or stubs Oa Easy Street. from one trunk Into the have It Is easy enough for a man to.be other, grown a sort of natural ladforming satisfied with his lot when it is a cor- der, for a distance of thirty feet from ner one on a boulevard. the ground. The warm southeastern have brought nourishment to WildPetrlotlo. wood, and vines and plants grow My, but Im doing a flying busina Some of the grapevlnes luxuriantly. now! are of mammoth size and, trailing Glad to hear it What tls? along the ground, have run up into Flags. until they seem 1. trees and expanded like immense boa constrictors. Even Cheeky Cook. the upper branches of the trees have Lady That Is all, I think. Oh yes, Seen twisted into curious shapes, and Mary, we breakfast at 8 oclock. a number have been cut out In the Cook (Just engaged) All right, font of different articles. Three of mum; if Im not do dont wait for thea re almost exactly the shape of me. g a tiangle, a harp and pltchsr. In "j waking through the grove one can la Garb aarcely find a tree which has not Mamma, where dil the leaves come some odd form about it. A large holly from? can bo seen which really consists of Inside the trees. two trunks twisted about each other. Then they pack th Ir spring etthes Each trunk is fully a foot in thickness, F in their trunks. and it is supposed that when young two J slips were blown around In this way and have gradually grown together. Natara'a Mm I never go out- of oors in tha The spiral separation can be traced from the roots fully forty feet from springtime. the ground. Philadelphia Record. What are you afraldof ? 'The grass its shooing blades, and all the buds are burning and every tf BMk flower carries a plstlL There la a small gulch near Florence, CoL, which is filled with snakes HI great stone snakes, whose wriggling Bobby Say, mam, I wish X had days are over prehistoric snakes with a whole lot of brothers-Mothe- r enormous heads and tails Ilka redWhy do you wish that, den. The Colorado State Historical ( Bobby? society has become mueh Interested In Bobby Bo's you could divide up the the discovery, and an effort will be spankings. Its pretjtf tough to be the made to secure some of the beet of only one In the uunlly that geta the strange speclmene for preservation spanked. in the collection In the state capltol. The first fossil reptiles were found several months ago, and the others, Forgotten OSSclalo. The first find was a Binks Say, Jlnka are you collect- more recently. head measuring 32 by 34 Inches. It was ing curiosities now ' ' so unmistakably the head of a fossil Jinks Yes. Why? H ot a genuine animal of some sort that the finders Binks Well, Ive . freak for you. proceeded to search for the rest of the 1U Is Jlnka What body. They found It In sections part on one side of the gulch, and part on Binks A copy ol yesterdays newspaper with an article, about Adlal Ste- the opposite side. The middle parts venson In it. of the Immense body had been swept away, doubtless by floods, and the entire length of the snake must have Worth. Tha Boy Prow 100 feet. In circumference been the I tell you, Hana$. college educa34 inches. measured fragment largest see our boy The tion counter. You should are placed In the back Cy.. laying off the nw orchard, just as of the and the position head, part regular as a wall PPer pattern. He of the head when attached to the has that $118 spy888 on three legs, snakes body at the place and just sights arcund while two men of fracture Indicates that ths creature where the PH with bean polea pi't had Its head lifted to look behind it, trees are to go. ,You see he dont perhaps for Its enemies. The line of men are the aaya charge anything, the jaw Is plainly marked. Its tall Is cheap at $10 a da shaped like a rudder, and pitched downward, which leads the discovseems Boston That Mr Flag fro of the reptile to the belief that It ers "Yes. I think to 'be very attentfT-a swimmer rather than a crawler. he must take me for tha constitution The shape of the is much like the way he sticks to me. Cleveland that of a salmon, body with the narrow Plain Dealer. edge downward. The marks on the Courage Is a plant that cannot he fractured, stony edges of the body In- destroyed by plucking up. . - eye-socke- tor of Emmanuel church. Is noted for his skill In repartee, says the Boston Herald. He Is aso a good story-telle- r. but It la as an originator of funny ts well-defin- f' " rec- The Ike N! Fake Flak. One of the strangest fishes in the world has been discovered near the Gilbert islands. Dr. Augustla Krae-me- r, n a scientist, obtained a few fine specimens of It during a recent fishing excursion which he took well-know- near Butarltari. I wanted to get some specimens of another curious fish, known as Iks ni peka, he says, but as I was unable I went during the full moon In a small sailboat to Makln, a coral island, which lies east of Butarltari, and there I found a German trader and two Chinese, who In return for some medical assistance which I was able to give them were quite willing to help me In my search for strange fish. When I told them that I was looking for ika ni peka they replied that they would first have to get some bait, and to my surprise the bait which they got was this extraordinary toothed fish. XShe XOeeKJy Panorama, . LovJe and Figure That love will find a way through all difficulties is Illustrated by the recent experiences of Philander Simon and Bertha Karger, both of Paterson, N. J. Philander had been keeping company with Bertha about two years, when for some unreason explained his love began to cool. Simultane- ously Bertha began to fret and pine away. There had been no actual beengagement tween them, ' so that a suit could not be brought for breaking tbe mar- riage promise, but Berthas mother, wiio Is not only a .woman of expedients but a thrifty .soul, decided upon a plan for punishing the faithless Philander. She figured that he had eaten sixty hearty .dinners at her house, upon the occasions of his Sunday wooings,' which at 25 cents each amounted to $15. Besides this In a rash moment she had lent him $10. She accordingly began s, 1 well-know- Its long maos together.- - One at tha snskee that has boon taken oat has a head S3 by M inches. Four pisses of tbs body and tbs hood measure seven feet in length, and weigh TOO pounds There are fragments there much greater in else, one head weighing 300 pounds, and the discoverers of the fossil remains think there are . even larger specimens there. Pennsylvania Grit. I examined It and found that It be- suit for $25. at noonday in the bustle of mans to the family of the Trlchlurl-delonged worktime. Meanwhile, Philander, who is also and that It was as thick as my Greet the unseen with a cheer! beand a man of iw-lMii- ds that the bat only enrUlagE tor Nci 1 se Small Eplleg.. to A olando. At the midnight In the silence of the I tha Soli, A bulletin treating of methods of manuring the soli has Just been issued by the Experiment. Station at Stillwater, Okla. The following Is a summary of the bulletin: Without go lng Into detail as to the various considerations that may affect the results of manuring, at the present stage of our agricultural practice, the chief points to be observed are: 1. To manure the soil. Use all the manure produced, prevent losses by washing away, quit burning straw, haul the manure onto the fields some- m Iutaraitlag for Itiaaga Tnaa . Manuring should say that fully two-thirof the breeders who have exon the subpressed themselves take the the standthat position ject ard weight Is too high. It Is claimed birds of these that the medlum-slie- d families are almost Invariably better layers than those which meet the demands of the standard in regard to n One weight. poultry In his contribution to the disjudge. cussion, says that not more than one Plymouth Rock in twelve which pass through his hands at the shows is up to standard weight. If the men who patronize the shows meet with difficulty In getting their birds up to standard weight how much more of a task It must be for farmers who, as a rule, can give but a fraction of their time to the study of the problems of the poultry yard. And If this heavy weight Is obtained at the sacrifice of the laying qualities why not cut It down? Some advertisers take great pains to have It known that their birds are fully up te standard weight Farmers should know that they can Closer Fact. pay more money for that kind easily Bradford Miller, In the quarterly re- ' Rocks and Wyandottes of Plymouth Kansas State Board of the of port are worth. than they Agriculture, says: The growth of excelan affords clover after cutting Better be stupidly silent than volulent mulch, which accounts for itself in the succeeding crop. The seasons of bly Insincere.In St. Louis A corner that sold for or ungrowth vary, owing in 1891 has just changed $350,000 favorable conditions, so that no time can be fixed when the cutting should hands for $1,000,000. Queensland lets certain land for be done. The general practice is to an annual rental as rut it too late to get the best results In grazing at so low acre. an three farthings hay. I have obtained the best hay by , -- IN THE ODD CORNER km he - hs w Net MBS for Europe he wss dinner. On his M&r who had contracted t faalty. and the habit that it had got beyc The young man f ness for the II! . He used it without Intention to a it seemed to servesent for every tuatlon Finally a friend of ' thought it. necessary hint, and said to him: be a little careful of ye Youre sitting next to vu ed expedients, arm. 75 centimeters In Isngth, and thrifty to do a little figuring on his own gan feamost The remarkable very scaly. ture about It, however, was the fact side, and promptly came In with a for $86.80, which left that It had three pairs of loag canine counterclaim teeth In its upper Jaw and one small- Mrs. Karger $61.80 in his debt, if the claim were pressed. Bertha, as girls er pair in Its lower Jaw." had not been expensive. In two go, fieh Either flying or crabs art used as bait for tha purpose of catching years she had consumed but one box them, aad, when they are caught, they .of chocolates, twelve pounds of candy, In turn serve as bait for catcklag other thirty Ice creams, and 100 sodas, fish. The hooks used on such occaamounting to $9.55. She had only been sions are of a primitive kind, and can once to Coney Island, but had bad 100 trolley rides, transportation footbe found nowhere except in the Gilbert Islands. This toothed flek Is only ing up $12.60. Bouquets for two birthfound at a great depth, and it generdays cost $5 and two books 65 cents, makee Its home near ally precipitous a total Investment of $27.80, which shows that Philander had tbe advanrocks, which it Is dangerous for fishermen te approach. tage of $2.80 in actual expenses over iMrs. Karger. This margin Philander 'Increased by putting in a claim for his Papar for Seerat Wrltlip Now an inventer proposes to makt time, charging 50 cents for each Sun-'da- y evenings wooing for two years, or things agreeable for lovers by puttfag on the market a superior kind of pa- ;$52. In the course of the preparations per for secret writing, as he calls It, 'for the suits Philander and Bertha which will be made of note else and were thrown much together, aud enpacked In neat boxes, accompanied by couraged by the artful lawyers on both the requisite envelopes. When a sides, as well as by thrifty Mra Kar-'ge- r, who was appalled by the counteryoung lady wishes to write to her hearts adored, and Is anxious that claims, the flame broke out anew and outsiders shall not by any chance be- with greater ardor than before. An accome acquainted with the contents of tual engagement was effected, a day her missive, she simply dips her pen .for the marriage fixed, and both suits in a solution of salt water, with a lit- were dropped, and Philander and tle vinegar added, and In that harmBertha are happy, all owing to Phllan-der- s less and Invisible medium indites her skill In figuring. epistle. On receiving the letter the fortunate young man reeorts to the Figured in Pfotmeux Case. e expedient of holding It near White of the New York SuJustice the fire, and immediately the writing court at' Buffalo laBt week preme becomes visible, traced delicately In lines of blue. Where this new invention claims superiority to anything of the kind hitherto offered is (n Its extreme simplicity. Alga, the paper la in convenient commercial ehjtpe, and, not least Important, the writing does not fade or deteriorate a common difficulty with most sympathetic" manuscript. The paper is prepared by soaking it In soluble salts and cobalt, after which the cobalt Is rendered insoluble by dipping the paper Into sodium carbonate. Tbe process Is so easy that any Intelligent person who chose to take the trouble might make the paper for himself, while the household pantry will furnish the materials for the Ink old-tim- off-han- A d. Tryst, SS91 A. D. Etherus St. Trollyum awoke with a tart to the psychlo consciousness that seconds past ths it was thirty-seve- n lunch hour. Quail and champagne, he mused, or shall It be terrapin and burgunAnd at tbe dy? Better the latter. pressing of a button, a slide opened to the right of the diaphanous eoaeh. His eyes ran rapidly over the rows of crystal phials and transparent boxterraes. Selecting a box labeled pin, he drew a saffron soft capsule forth and swallowed It Then, grasping the phial labeled burgundy, he held It under hla nose, and after a single inhalation replaced box and phial. Tbe slide slid back Into place. I suppose I should not eat so heartily, be sighed, taking up the wireless telephone receiver. Hello, central, give me I1H2S321X Paris. (Elapse .003331 part of a second.) "Ah, that you. Electro, my astral, affinity my sublime twin star? I haws It arranged for the tryst was Impossible to secure a not previously engaged trysting plaoe with any old world roman tie eurrouadlagn even in tbe Himalayas or la dark set Afrloa; so X have arranged to have oar astral bodies meet face to face at 7:2156171121, Mars tint at the Rock to-nig- of Ages. Convenient, souls essence? Yes? I ht hope, my Good-b- y. Puttlue the Pleapee Oit Hand grenades for putting out fires, which were common enough fifteen to twenty yearB ago, consisting of glass vessels filled with solutions of various kinds supposed to have special fire extinguishing qualities, date back to a much earlier time than is commonly supposed. Probably the earliest form consisted of a wooden vessel or barrel containing a considerable quantity of water and having In Its center a small Iron or tin case full of gunpowder. From this case a tube was filled with a composition that readily Ignited. When a room was on fire one of these machines was thrown Into it, and the powder exploding dispersed the water in the outer receptacle in every direction. Pupa At tha Chocolata. Mamma brought home a box of candy for Harry and Mamie, and papa was present when they opened It. Thera was only one cream chocolate In the box, and the two youngsters at once, began a dispute as to which should have It. Papa listened to them for a little while, and then settled the dispute by eating tbe cream chocolate himself. MRS. FLORENCE ROGERS, granted a divorce to Mrs. Florence E. Rogers from Edward F. Rogers, thus confirming the report of the referee. The judge allowed Mrs. Rogers $2,250 In lieu of all alimony. Mrs. Rogers Is the daughter of the late Mrs. Kate Adams, and a distant cousin of Harry Cornish. Roland B. Molineux was found guilty of causing the death of Mrs. Adams by poison, which he was accused of sending to Cornish at the Knickerbocker A. C.. New York city. Cornish had a room in Mrs. Adams apartments in West 86th street. New York. Mrs. Rogers lived there, and was there on ' the morning her mother died, after finding the dose of cyanide of mercury. Mrs. Rogers and her husband have been separated for some time, she living in New York, he In Buffalo. When she brought her suit she applied for alimony. One of her lawyers stated, pathetically, that she had to "live in a New York hash house, while her husbanu dwelt In luxury at the hotel. It was shown, however, Mr. that Rogers paid his wife money for her support, although he lived apart from her. Flain TalK. to Britishers . Mr. Barber, the president of the Diamond Match company, talked with wholesome frankness to the dissenting stockholders of that English match company the control of which has just been secured by his company. He said to these Englishmen, who had spoken of Yankee trickery and who had boasted of Iro-quoi- se their intention to fight to the death to retain for English capital the business of making, uiatches for British use, that I may as well talk frankly to you people. Unless you come to terms we will whip you out of your boots. We know that we are able to beat the world In the manufacture of matches, and we Intend to keep our advantage. How long do you think you can com- -, pete with us with machinery that' America discarded sixteen years ago? The salary of the young king of Spain a 150.000 a year. ' ' |